2023 Nissan Frontier Brakes Problems
- Complaints
- 15about this part
- Share
- 23%of 66 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 15 complaints about the brakes of the 2023 Nissan Frontier, 23% of the 66 complaints for this model year. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I was at the post office on Redwood Road in South Jordan, in the dropoff mailbox lane. At the end of the lane is stop sign. The stop sign is for the traffic coming into and leaving the post office. I was sitting at the stop sign when I turned east towards Redwood Road, as I was pulling up behind a blue SUV, the Frontier lurched forward and the RPM’s rev’d all the way up and the truck shot forward. …”
NHTSA complaint #11563123, filed 2024-01“April 2 I was driving to an appt got off on access road and as I pulled up behind another vehicle the acceleration was faster than the pressure on the pedal warranted and the emergency stop-braking warning came on. After it was safe to proceed to my destination I proceeded to a parking spot as I turned to pull in the vehicle rapidly accelerated on its on and jumped the side walk. I attempted to brake but the pedal went to the floor with no braking and the engine was red lining as we crashed. My passenger pushed the engine off button. Front passenger tire was sheered off. …”
NHTSA complaint #11729979, filed 2026-04“We have a fleet of 2023-2025 Nissan Frontiers. Starting in December of 2024 we began having problems with the vehicles electrical system going wild and shutting the trucks down. It causes all of the lights to come on and the truck to stall and not restart, We did not realize that we had a problem until it happened to multiple vehicles over the last several months. A few of them were brought to the dealership where we were told they could not find any problems and just replaced the batteries. So, when some of the others did it, we just replaced the batteries ourselves. …”
NHTSA complaint #11689405, filed 2025-09“We have a fleet of 2023-2025 Nissan Frontiers. Starting in December of 2024 we began having problems with the vehicles electrical system going wild and shutting the trucks down. It causes all of the lights to come on and the truck to stall and not restart, We did not realize that we had a problem until it happened to multiple vehicles over the last several months. A few of them were brought to the dealership where we were told they could not find any problems and just replaced the batteries. So, when some of the others did it, we just replaced the batteries ourselves. …”
NHTSA complaint #11689406, filed 2025-09“We have a fleet of 2023-2025 Nissan Frontiers. Starting in December of 2024 we began having problems with the vehicles electrical system going wild and shutting the trucks down. It causes all of the lights to come on and the truck to stall and not restart, We did not realize that we had a problem until it happened to multiple vehicles over the last several months. A few of them were brought to the dealership where we were told they could not find any problems and just replaced the batteries. So, when some of the others did it, we just replaced the batteries ourselves. …”
NHTSA complaint #11689407, filed 2025-09Related service bulletins
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Brakes: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 20% |
| 2024 | 4 | 18% |
| 2023 | 15 | 23% |
| 2022 | 19 | 17% |
| 2021 | 2 | 10% |
| 2020 | 4 | 17% |
| 2019 | 3 | 11% |
| 2018 | 3 | 12% |
| 2017 | 3 | 8% |
| 2016 | 3 | 7% |
| 2015 | 2 | 6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 5% |
| 2013 | 3 | 6% |
| 2011 | 13 | 20% |
| 2010 | 5 | 8% |
| 2009 | 5 | 14% |
| 2008 | 12 | 9% |
| 2007 | 10 | 2% |
| 2006 | 22 | 4% |
| 2005 | 8 | 2% |
| 2004 | 6 | 9% |
| 2003 | 7 | 9% |
| 2002 | 15 | 12% |
| 2001 | 15 | 11% |
| 2000 | 19 | 10% |
| 1999 | 6 | 8% |
| 1998 | 5 | 4% |
Other parts of the 2023 Nissan Frontier
30 complaintsEngine
13 complaintsForward collision avoidance
13 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
13 complaintsOther or unknown
9 complaintsVehicle speed control
9 complaintsSteering
6 complaintsSeats
4 complaintsBody and structure
3 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
1 complaintsExterior lighting
1 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2023 Nissan Frontier
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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